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KIM So-won has worked for over 25 years in terrestrial television broadcasting, SBS. For several years now, she has hosted the news as well as a movie program. It would normally take a lot to faze someone of her experience, but she admits that this year, with a pandemic sweeping across the globe, things have been tough.

Day after day, the TV news is playing out like scenes from disaster movies, and horror movies continue to feel like a current affairs report.

They say the media is supposed to be a mirror to the world, and a vanguard for change. As someone in the line of work, So-won feels sheepish at the thought. Even so – even though things are moving at breakneck speed towards who knows where – she knows there are things that must be done. She adjusts her microphone, engages the audience, and recalls a line from a movie that has stuck in her mind.

“We will find a way. We always have.”